Does anyone else remember seeing so many little, yet very useful, announcements being made by one company the way Google made them in the last half of this week? We got new Gmail features, vacation auto responder and Contact Groups, they put out a Blogger comments Firefox extension along with a Safe Browsing extension, and…
Just yesterday some of us were gathered in the area of the helpdesk, discussing the NTP/RIM lawsuit and what the firm might have to do if the Blackberry service does, in fact, get shut down. The agreement was that we’d end up blowing a big chunk of IS budget rolling out Windows Mobile devices. One…
It seems my laptop battery is on it’s last legs. I can only get about 15 minutes of time before it shuts itself down. It comes right back up, with plenty of charge, so I know it’s not a charging issue, it just seems to think it’s not charged and shuts the laptop off. HP’s…
Some interesting points raised by this article about the legalities of wireless access. I think the ending is probably right on: But ultimately if we want to move to ubiquitous wireless computing, where you can use the WiFi protocols for cheap, mobile VOIP communications, or have near universal wireless Internet access, we are going to…
I’ve got invoicing to do this morning, but these things in my aggregator need a further look: An IT Manager’s Insight into Mobile Security. Microsoft Baseline Security Analyzer version 1.2 is out. TV commercials come to the web. More crap, just what we need. PubSub.com -looks like an interesting concept, sort of like Google News…
Be sure to read this article about PocketPC 2003 (aka Windows Mobile 2003) on a Dell Axim in it’s entirety. Dell is apparently offering upgrade CD’s to current Axim owners for $29. This article looks to have all the details on whether it’s worth the upgrade or not, but it’s long!